01 Mar 1893
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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1893
Page
1
Spring fabrics in lively colors fill shelves as merchants tout fine lawns Irish linens and grosgrain silks at low prices. Buyers flock to see new wares while patterns and patterns sheets offer mail orders and fast shipping for the season.
A tired large man enters an upper Broadway cafe and sinks into a chair. His purplish red complexion hints at heavy indulgence while a brisk waiter offers turtle soup and roast grease. The exchange shows a clash between sluggish appetite and brisk service.
A Columbus chapter recounts Ben a clever college student who outwits a jeweler sign prank with a prayer bound scheme at a dormitory. Other anecdotes include a dining room farce with a persistent waiter and a comic car tale about a witty passenger.
In Galena 1880 General Grant hosted a serenade at his home for his birthday. The Germania Band failed to appear, so a local group played The Girl I Left Behind Me. Grant praised the effort but joked his ear could not distinguish tunes, insisting Yankee Doodle was the only song he reliably recognized.
The article lists how various U S Presidents died, naming heart disease for Rutherford B. Hayes and assassinations for Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield, among others. It also recalls a Toronto storm tale where a clergyman asked the captain if danger was great, receiving the reply to trust in peace.
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